Furring nail



Oct. 22, 192.9.

M. EBINGER FURRING NAIL Filed March 17, 1926 v INVENTOR. M/c/M E1. E5INGEB.

Fatented Get. 22, 1929 PATENT OFFICE MICHAEL EBINGER, OF OAKLAND,CALIFORNIA FURRIN G NAIL Application filed March 17, 1926.

The present invention relates to improvements in furring nails and itsparticular object is to provide a nail of the character described towhich wire netting may be secured after the nails have been set into thewall of a house to be plastered. It is particularly proposed to providea nail of this character with a head sufficiently large so that theover-all area covered by the head is larger than the mesh of the wirenetting so that no matter what the relative position of the wire nettingand the nail may be, the netting will always remain on the outside ofthe nail and may be fastened thereto in any suitable manner, as forinstance by the application of a second nail bent over a strand of wireand the furring nail for tying one to the other.

Further objects and advantages of my device will appear as thespecification proceeds.

The preferred form of my invention is illustrated in the accompanyingdrawing in which Figure 1 shows a bottom plan view of my furring nail,Figure 2 a side view thereof, and Figure 3 a view showing a number ofnails in place relative to a wire netting.

lVhile l have shown only the preferred form of the invention I wish tohave it understood. that various changes or modifications may be madewithin the scope of the claims hereto attached, without departing fromthe spirit of the invention.

My furring nail l in its preferred form comprises a stem 2 terminatingin a head 3 which latter is preferably made in the form of a cross, thearms 4: of the cross being of suflicient length so that the overall areacontrolled by the cross is larger than a single mesh of the wire nettingshown at 6 in Figure 3. It should be understood of course, that while Iprefer to use four arms arranged like a cross, the same object may beaccomplished by using a different number of arms.

The arms are made flat on top so as to present a perfectly fiat topsurface in one plane. lhe arms taper toward the outer ends as Serial No.95,344.

shown at 7 and merge at their inner ends in a substantial body portion 8of considerable axial length, the latter being sufiicient to allow thestem to be driven into the wood completely for effecting proper spacingbe tween the arms and the wood.

The manner of using my furring nail will be readily understood from theforegoing description. A plurality of furring nails are driven into thewall to be plastered in spaced relation, the spacing being considerablylarger than shown in the drawing, whereupon the wire is applied to thesame. As will be seen from the drawing, it does not make any differencewhere the wire netting happens to 60 strike the furring nail head sincethe area of the latter is larger than the mesh of the wire. As shown at9 in Figure 3 a strand of the wire happens to lie across the center ofthe furring nail and may be secured thereto by means of a second nail 11driven into the wood and bent over the strand or wire and the centralportion of the furring nail. The furring nail shown at 11 happens to bear ranged so that the strands or wires cross the arms near their outerends and the strands are fastened to the arms by means of nails 12.

I claim:

1. A furring nail of the character described, comprising a stemterminating in a head having a plurality of arms extending therefrom inwhich the arms present flat top surfaces in the same plane and in whichthe bottom surfaces of the arms taper toward the outer ends of the topsurfaces.

2. A furring nail of the character de scribed, comprising a stemterminating ina head having a plurality of arms extending therefrom inwhich the central portion of the head is of considerable thickness andin which the arms taper toward their outer ends while presenting flattop surfaces in the same plane.

3. A pre-formed furring nail of the character described comprising astem terminating in a head having a plurality of straight arms extendinglaterally therefrom in the same plane, the arms tapering toward their 7outer ends.

4. A furring nail comprising a flat top cross having relatively slenderarms tapering toward their outer ends and joining in a central body ofconsiderable axial length and a stem extending from said body.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature.

MICHAEL EBINGER.

